Digital TV News: Interpret

CSR plc announces merger with Zoran Corporation
Feb 19, 2011 – CSR plc (LSE: CSR.L) and Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) have entered into a merger agreement under which Zoran will merge with CSR for an equity value equivalent to approximately US$679 million.
News categories: Zoran, CSR plc, MandA, Semiconductor

Advocate General says territorial exclusivity agreements relating to the transmission of football matches are contrary to EU law
Feb 3, 2011 – European Union law does not make it possible to prohibit the live transmission of Premier League football matches in pubs by means of foreign decoder cards.
News categories: Court of Justice, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Panasonic Full HD 3D Home Entertainment System On Sale At Best Buy Magnolia Stores
Mar 10, 2010 – Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) and Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) have announced the consumer purchase and retail availability of Panasonic's Full HD 3D1 home entertainment system certified under the new Blu-ray Disc™ Association (BDA) 3D standard.
News categories: Panasonic, Best Buy, Magnolia, DIRECTV, Blu-ray, Metaverse, Satellite, Smart TV, USA

Freeview NZ achieves strongest result since launch
Feb 11, 2010 – Freeview NZ has achieved its highest performing quarter since it launched in 2007. The sales figures for the final three months of 2009 put the total number of households able to receive Freeview at 346,116.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

D-Link Debuts Boxee Box at CES 2010
Jan 5, 2010 – D-Link has introduced the Boxee Box by D-Link. The Boxee Box delivers movies, TV shows, music, and photos from a user's computer, home network, and the Internet to their HDTV with no PC needed.
News categories: D-Link, Boxee, CES2024, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

CableLabs® Providing Software Resources to Grow Tru2way® and ETV Ecosystem and Streamline Interoperability Testing
Sep 22, 2009 – CableLabs® has put several programs in place to support device manufacturers and application developers, important stakeholders within the growing tru2way® and Enhanced TV (ETV) communities.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, Middleware, USA

enableTV Offers Support Program for CableLabs® tru2way™ Reference Implementation
Jun 25, 2009 – enableTV has announced the launch of its tru2way Reference Implementation Support Program for licensees of CableLabs tru2way Reference Implementation (RI) - the sole source of full technical support for CableLabs open source tru2way middleware.
News categories: enableTV, Cable TV, Middleware

CableLabs® Releases Software Tools to Enable More Interactive Content
Jun 15, 2009 – CableLabs® has completed its beta development phase of the tru2way™ Reference Implementation and has made it publicly available through java.net, Sun Microsystems' open source project site.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

EICTA views to extending IEC 62216-1 standard to HD receiver and transmission functionalities
Jan 21, 2008 – This specification identifies all key changes in IEC 62216-1 at the textual level to extend it to cover HD receiver and transmission functionality.
News categories: EICTA, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial